| 釋義 |
allegiancen.
1. obligation of a subject,fidelity of subjects,loyalty臣下的職責(zé)，臣下的忠誠，忠心。
△2H.Ⅵ. 5. 1. 19:“Or whythou,being a subject as I am,/Against thy oath andtrue allegiance sworn,/Should raise so great a powerwithout his leave，”你，跟我一樣同為人臣，為什么違背自己效忠國君的誓言，未得陛下的許可召集這樣一支大軍？
△3H.Ⅵ.3.1. 70: “And we his subjects,sworn in all alle-giance，”我們是他的臣民，已經(jīng)宣誓對他忠心不二。
△Lr.1.1.170(167):“On thine allegiance,hear me!”憑你做臣子的忠誠，聽我說！
owe allegiance to: render loyalty to 向…效忠。
△3H.Ⅵ.4.7.17:“My lords,we were forewarned ofyour coming./ And shut the gates for safety ofourselves,/ For now we owe allegiance unto Henry.”諸位大人，我們早就得到消息說你們要來了，為了我們自己的安全把城門關(guān)閉，因為我們是向亨利效忠的。
2. fidelity,loyalty;(blunder for) treachery忠誠，忠心；（錯用為）反叛，不忠。
△Ado.3.3.4:“that were a punish-ment too good for them,if they should have any alle-giance in them,being chosen for the Prince’s watch.”他們當(dāng)了親王的巡丁，居然還有忠心(意指：二心)，這樣的懲罰太輕了。 allegiance[??li:d??ns]n.擁護(hù)，忠誠，效忠
‖ letter pledging allegiance效忠信
oath of allegiance效忠宣誓
allegiant adj.忠心的，忠實的 |